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Schmidt's work with the multi-trillion-dollar company guided it to become one of the world's most influential in technology and "helped define the architecture of the internet," UA President Suresh Garimella said Monday in announcing the keynote speaker.��

���Today, through his investments in scientific discovery and emerging technologies, he continues to power research that shapes the future, including his partnership with our scholars to expand the frontiers of exploration," Garimella said in a news release.��

He said Schmidt���s career reflects what is possible when innovation is paired with purpose, and speaks directly to the UA commitment of "preparing graduates not only to navigate a rapidly-changing world, but to lead, discover and create opportunity within it.���

UA's Commencement will be held Friday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Casino Del Sol Stadium, formerly known as Arizona Stadium.

Schmidt, along with founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, got Google to scale globally and expand beyond its�� search function. He went on to serve as chairman from 2011-15 and later as executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent holding company of Google and its former subsidiaries, from 2015-18.

In 2021, Schmidt launched and now chairs the Special Competitive Studies Project, which works to ���strengthen America���s long-term competitiveness in an AI-driven world, and regularly testifies in front of Congress to advise on matters of technology, energy, and national security,��� the UA news release said.����

He is now the chair and CEO of Relativity Space, an American aerospace manufacturing company, and author of four New York Times best-selling books. He and his wife, Wendy Schmidt, have co-founded numerous philanthropic organizations, including the Schmidt Family Foundation, Schmidt Ocean Institute and Schmidt Sciences.

Schmidt Sciences��� mission is to develop Lazuli, the world���s first fully privately funded space telescope. The UA will be developing instruments for the 3-meter space telescope that will advance a range of astrophysical investigations, UA said in the release.

���The University of Arizona embodies the curiosity, rigor, and bold imagination that will shape the next era of discovery ��� not just in science and technology, but in tackling the world's greatest challenges,��� Schmidt said in the release. ���The work being done here today will define what's possible tomorrow."

Schmidt will receive an honorary UA degree, as well.

The university will also give honorary degrees to:

• Alice Chaiten Baker,��honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She supports the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies with the aim of helping it become the state���s preeminent center for the study of Jewish life and history.
• Gabrielle Giffords,��honorary Doctor of Letters from the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. While a congresswoman, Giffords was shot and wounded in a mass shooting at a public event in 做厙勛圖 in 2011, and afterwards become an advocate for gun violence prevention. She co-founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, an advocacy and research organization later renamed GIFFORDS.
• F. Ronald Rayner, honorary Doctor of Science from the College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences. A fourth-generation Arizona farmer and a first-generation college graduate, Rayner is an innovator in arid-land agriculture, helping develop no-till and minimum-tillage systems designed to conserve water. He is a former president and chairman of the National Cotton Council of America.
• Scott Stuber, honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the College of Fine Arts. Former chairman of Netflix Films, Stuber has spent decades redefining how films are created, distributed and experienced. He led Netflix���s transformation into a global production and distribution leader.

The UA is also bestowing an Alumni Achievement Award to Cisco Aguilar, Nevada���s secretary of state. Prior to being elected, Aguilar served 12 years as general counsel for Agassi Graf, the management company for Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, and the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education.